Chocolate pea milk as a recovery drink?
 

My grocery store was out of my recovery drink of choice - 1% chocolate milk - but I noticed something called Ripple chocolate pea milk and decided to give it a try. I can't recall the exact nutritional stats vs. 1% choco milk, but I remember it's got the same amount of protein, but just around 2/3 the carbs and sugar. Probably lower in calories too since there's less sugar, but I'm not sure. It also has like twice the calcium, and yeah, twice the price.

So I tried some after my short pre-work ride this morning, and found that while it doesn't quite match the flavor of just opened store-brand 1% choco milk, it's still pretty tasty. Just not quite as flavorful and smooth, but definitely enjoyable. Nearly 6 hours later, and no gastrointestinal problems. And even at 2x the price of choco milk, it's still a fraction of the cost of Endurox. And maybe best of all it will elicit childish titters when I tell people I drank pea milk.

Does anyone have any long term experience with choco pea milk as a recovery drink?

What is it? Don't you think you should have mentioned that?

Milk made from peas?

I think you'll find plant-based protein to be fantastic. Works a treat. Plus it lacks the weird snotty mouthfeel of milk. *shudder*

Interesting product. It looks like it is made from yellow split peas. I don't know how I could ride with something that resembles split pea soup with all of it's gas making potential. Too close to the Finnish word "Ripuli" for me.

All concentrated proteins can cause gas; pea protein is far down on the list of concerns when compared to others, though, like... well, lactose, for example.

Fairlife is another great product.
Add an envelope of Carnation and it is about the same nutrition as Endurox.

Any mouth coating comes from fat. Remove the fat from milk and the problem is eliminated. I get the same disgusting mouth coating a few hours after eating a hamburger.


-Tim-

You guys are behind the curve, the cool kids are drinking Cockroach milk:

(IUCr) Structure of a heterogeneous, glycosylated, lipid-bound, in vivo-grown protein crystal at atomic resolution from the viviparous cockroach Diploptera punctata

I am a fan of Vega Sport Protein supplement post work-out, vanilla flavor, and the protein sources are: Pea protein, Pumpkin seed protein, Organic sunflower seed protein, Alfalfa protein.

It ain't milk unless it comes from a teet.

How do you milk a pea?

With teeny-tiny fingers :foo:

Agreed. This stuff is great.

Yeah... I don't have this problem a few hours after eating cashews or avocados.

I think you've misidentified the problem.

And the snotty mouthfeel is a separate issue from whatever oral hygiene issues result later.

Milk is gross.

Lactose is not a protein. It is a sugar. It isn't the proteins that cause gas anyway. Same in beans. A saccharide or sugar.

Sounds like several here use plant-based protein products post-ride. I'm curious to see how the pea milk does as a post-workout beverage too. Initial indications suggest efficient combustion with a low gas quotient ;) - gotta love a family-friendly recovery beverage. That was another issue I had with Endurox besides the cost - it worked great but holy cow I had to be within seconds of a bathroom about 2-4 hours after drinking it.

I'm puzzled about all these fake milks. What is wrong with the real thing...unless you are lactose intolerant or vegan. The vegan I can't help, but lactose intolerance is not a problem anymore. The Lactaid brand milk products cause no problems and lactase pills work just as well. Why are so many folks looking for milk that isn't milk?

Do they still make yoohoo?

all my life I've been thinking that gastronomic problem after drinking cow's milk was normal. The last 18 months I use plant-based milk for my recovery and it's been a revelation

I use a combination of yellow pea and soy protein powder as a recovery drink, works for me.

I've been using Naked Pea protein.

But the most recent batch is almost unpalatable. It has a disgusting livestock barnyard aftertaste.

:shudder:

This is the question I ask myself every time I go to the grocery store. There's a dozen different flavors of nut juice to choose from, and for a scant $8-9 a gallon. A real bargain compared to that boring $2.50 gallon cow milk. If milk gives you grumbly tumbly, by all means, choose your nut or bean juice of choice.

Not necessary. Lactase does the job. And it is a natural product. Why do so many people act like it doesn't exist?

Day-um! $6 for 48 0z.

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And the peas are grown in France.

Fine. Glad you solved your problem. But why haven't you tried Lactaid milk or taken lactase tablets before drinking/eating dairy? Is almond milk ice cream as good as Breyers? Does it even exist?